“I have never, in Sweden nor in any other country, had sex with anyone in a way that was not totally consensual…. I don’t know who’s behind this but we have been warned that, for example, the Pentagon plans to use dirty tricks to spoil things for us.” —Julian Assange

“Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.” —Admiral Mike Mullen

“The American export of terrorism or terrorists is not a recent phenomenon, nor has it been associated only with Islamic radicals or people of Middle Eastern, African or South Asian ethnic origin.” —Classified C.I.A. document released by WikiLeaks

“This document makes clear that a document doesn’t automatically have any value just because it was classified and comes from the CIA.” —Mathias Vermeulen

“The [leaks of classified documents] are going to provoke legislation that’s already being discussed in Congress, and so some of it is going to come up before [the Supreme Court].” —Sonia Sotomayor

“The war on WikiLeaks will be fought with unconventional tools and those following the story are advised to accept nothing at face value.” —Scott Horton